Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-14
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The friends Of Colouel Burgess, the
BREEDER OF the cattle at Blue M1u06, will
regret 10 hear OF the accident that DE ell
him, reported IN yesterdays GAZETTE.
Tom Aston is back from the Panhandle,
where he has 6 cOntrac for SURVIVING
bel 10 railroad outfits g work on the ex-
tension of the Denver. He SAYS refresh
i&g rains have lately fallen in portions Of
the Panhandle.
D.. D. Swecringen of Ququah, Henry
Uamgurg OF Mobeelie, II. L. Plummer Of
San Saba, J. w. Campbell II Abilene aud
a. ". Hlli4rd OF Pecos City are among
visiting c4tIemsn.
Tie dry, hot xe&uoer has to q large
extent checked shipments, and the ex-
ports have been comparatively light Tor
TIE past week or so. 1t IS thought tbs.
the tide VIII set III stTo0g by the ist OF
September and continue without inter
Iupt.0n Tor many weeks.
Mr. D. c. Racial returned yesterday
from Denver, whefe he w5s al the time
e the reported maetiug OF the Texas
cGttlCMen, ct which il WIS sad that d
bomeWard movement of au UusOld cattle
on the trail was ordered. Nr. R4chal
coYh.mS what Colonel Malone says in his
.etttr, published last week, and says that
All the Texas cattle BOW III Colorado viii
be sold inside Of q lew days. II some Of
the p5peGs up mat way "&eyer make
mistakes" they cartaiLly can d1 some
good solid lying when OCCASION calls Tor
70. But then they tank that lies told al
the expense OF Texas won't be counted
sgaiust t1em,-T Stockman and Farmer.
4 writer in the Kansas Farmer has this
to cay ABOUT the Devon breed Of cattIe:
"rhey seem slowly but surely coming
more into public favor as they well de-
serve. ]. is one OF the most ancient
breeds, long carefully bred. Ii is so n5 ar
g pertecs breed that the introduc-
tiou of the blood from any other breed
could not benefit the Devon. over
heard butcher say to s farmer
recently: why don't you raise Devors?
l can at ri 10 pay more for the steers, for
get more cnoice GUS from 2 Devon tHsn
from anything | klu.' More desirable
meet IN proportion to cost Is one OF the
most impoTtSnt claims q the Devon. In
EGglanj, where quality is more c0nsid-
cred thsU in this country, Devon steers
5 I'll regularly for m0Te per pound than
any beef breed
Mr.. Henry Hamburg OF M0beetie, who
has one of the finest pastures in the
Panhandle, Wds Causht by the
rustler at the Hotel Pickwick. In his
animated and interesting style Mr.. Ham
burg chattad pleasantly shout stock in
terests and the prospects of mis- section.
He saps that despite the general
depression his confidence in cattle is I'M
shsken, and he regards long-horns as
splendid property to the man that has
grass and is out of debt. He believes
that this is the turning year and that
prices sre bound to improve. This belief
Is Dased mainly on the great numbers Of
3ac cattle, calves and spayed cows and
heifers thai have been thrown on the
markets from sll over the beef-producing
districts. Mr. Hamburg has not shipped
any steers this season, holding them back
for the completion OF the Southern Kan
sas railroad, which will get 10 Canadian,
mis- nearest shipping point, in the course
of three or four weeks. SDeaking9 OF
Canadian (lhey have dropped the ksUfiik
city he says it viii not only be cattia
Shipping center for a large scope of COUP
try, nut is destined to become "the city,
Of the Panhandle. It is the county seat
of Uemphill county, has al unlimited
supply Of pure drinking water, and
sround il region as fertile
and heslthful as man conld wish. Dir
Hamburg says that the whole ten, erty of
events SHOWS that stock farming is going
tc De the line oil devaopment in the Pa -
handle He raised this year over 100
tons Of milIet and oats to feed to the
females OF his herd the coming winter.